Which of the following is NOT a use of intelligence testing?
a. To assist in determining giftedness
b. To assist in determining mental retardation
c. To assist in determining certain types of learning disabilities
d. To help understand changes in brain function as a result of accidents, dementia, the aging process, abuse, and disease processes
e. Intelligence testing is used for all of these.
Q. 2Although open-ended and essay type questions tend to offer a broader assessment of one's ability, the tradeoff is often in lower reliability estimates.
a. True
b. False
Q. 3Predictive validity estimates of college and graduate school cognitive ability tests tend to range from the high .3s to the low .6s
a. True
b. False
Q. 4Surprisingly, predictions of how a student will do in college decreases if you combine the use of the SATs with GPA as compared to using the SATs alone.
a. True
b. False
Q. 5On the SATs, students can be compared to a recent norm group by examining their percentile score, or an earlier norm group by examining their standard score. The earlier standard score used a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100.
a. True
b. False
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